iFLEX

Čas trajanja: nov. 2020 – apr. 2024

Vrednost projekta: 6.271.548,75 EUR

Koordinator projekta: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY (Finska)

Program: Horizon 2020

Cilj projekta iFLEX je pooblastiti potrošnike energije, tako da jim omogoči čim lažje sodelovanje v programih odziva na povpraševanje, v katerih prilagajajo svojo porabo energije v odziv na signale ali spodbude, ki prihajajo od akterjev na področju energije, kot so cenovni signali ali bonitete.

Da bi podprl potrošnika pri upravljanju, kdaj in kako biti prilagodljiv, projekt razvija inteligentnega osebnega pomočnika, imenovanega iFLEX Pomočnik. Pomočnik je programska agencija, ki obvladuje vso kompleksnost sistemskih interakcij in optimizira udobje, stroške energije ter okoljski odtis v imenu potrošnika in v skladu z željami potrošnika. Čeprav potrošnik popolnoma obvladuje prilagodljivost, je delovanje lahko popolnoma avtomatizirano, tako da potrošnik vsakodnevno ne potrebuje ničesar storiti.

Odzivnost uporabnikov je odločilni faktor v ekonomiji. Možnost odziva omogoča uporabnikom vplivati na cene storitev in dobrin z večanjem ali manjšanjem povpraševanja glede na njihove potrebe, želje in situacije na trgu. Posebej je to pomembno za energetski trg, vendar vpliv na povpraševanje ni optimalno izkoriščen. Omogočiti odzivnost uporabnika in posledično njegov vpliv na energetski trg je eden izmed ciljev Evropskega projekta iFLEX. Za dosego tega cilja se v okviru projekta razvija inovativno programsko okolje, s katerim lahko uporabnik bolje upravlja z lastno porabo in se odziva na potrebe energetskega sistema in različnih interesnih skupin. Validacija iFLEX razvojnih tehnologij bo potekala na terenu s pilotnimi skupinami v treh različnih klimatskih Evropskih regijah.

The iFLEX project aims at empowering the consumers by making it as easy as possible for them to participate in demand response. A core concept of the project is the iFLEX Assistant, a novel software agent that acts between consumer(s), and their energy systems, various stakeholders and The iFLEX project aims at empowering the consumers by making it as easy as possible for them to participate in demand response. A core concept of the project is the iFLEX Assistant, a novel software agent that acts between consumer(s), and their energy systems, various stakeholders and external systems helping them to achieve mutual benefits through local energy management and DR. The iFLEX Assistants are designed to provide a common approach to enhance user experience, level of automation and personalization in a wide variety of DR and energy services. Because of different requirements of these services, the project provides a common software framework (i.e. iFLEX Framework) for developing application-specific iFLEX Assistants that are customized for the needs of particular service(s). The focus is especially on households and DR for supporting high penetration of renewables. In addition, there is a need for effective incentives and market structures that encourage consumers to invest in these innovative DR solutions. To this end, the iFLEX Assistants are customizable for different incentive and market mechanisms to allow exploitation of the solution in different countries and climatic regions, as well as, to enable A/B testing of different incentive and user engagement mechanisms with real users. Although the focus is on electricity, the iFLEX project targets to overcome the current silo-approaches and provide holistic energy management that optimizes across various energy vectors. Co-creation with end-users is inherent in different project phases and coordinated by consumer organisation in the consortium. iFlex validation is carried out with field pilots in three climatic regions.